Hi all, just to give a little bit of background. -
I’m 19 years old and I suffer with extreme health anxiety, recently I spent a lot of time with my Grandad who is a type 2 diabetic and it got me thinking about how poor my lifestyle is. I have been improving my diet and exercising far more but I am overwhelmed by worry. I have done two hba1c tests, one in January which gave me a result of 31 and another a few days ago which gave me 32, I was told that anything between 28 and 41 is a non-diabetic level so my doctor says I am safe. However, out of curiosity I tested my blood sugars 2 hours after eating a small burger and found that my result was 6.5, which seemed strangely high considering it was such a small meal. Much less than I usually eat. Does this mean my post prandial blood sugars are likely spiking to above the cut off of 7.8 when I’m eating larger meals? Would anybody here take this as a cause for concern? My fasting blood sugars when tested in the morning are always 4.5. I am incredibly anxious, I spend my entire life trying to cope with my anxiety and having another condition on top would just be too much. I understand type 2 diabetes is rare in younger people but I am overweight and for a few years my lifestyle has been incredibly poor as I am very inactive.
For reference:
Jan Hba1c: 31
May Hba1c: 32
8 hour fasting: 5.5 mmol/L
1 hour after eating (small meal): 5.8
2 hours after eating (same meal as above): 6.5
Any help would be appreciated. Would you recommend I go back to my doctor and tell her about the 6.5 result or would the size of a meal not create that much a difference? If I was spiking to diabetic levels regularly would this be visible in my Hba1c results?
Thank you
I’m 19 years old and I suffer with extreme health anxiety, recently I spent a lot of time with my Grandad who is a type 2 diabetic and it got me thinking about how poor my lifestyle is. I have been improving my diet and exercising far more but I am overwhelmed by worry. I have done two hba1c tests, one in January which gave me a result of 31 and another a few days ago which gave me 32, I was told that anything between 28 and 41 is a non-diabetic level so my doctor says I am safe. However, out of curiosity I tested my blood sugars 2 hours after eating a small burger and found that my result was 6.5, which seemed strangely high considering it was such a small meal. Much less than I usually eat. Does this mean my post prandial blood sugars are likely spiking to above the cut off of 7.8 when I’m eating larger meals? Would anybody here take this as a cause for concern? My fasting blood sugars when tested in the morning are always 4.5. I am incredibly anxious, I spend my entire life trying to cope with my anxiety and having another condition on top would just be too much. I understand type 2 diabetes is rare in younger people but I am overweight and for a few years my lifestyle has been incredibly poor as I am very inactive.
For reference:
Jan Hba1c: 31
May Hba1c: 32
8 hour fasting: 5.5 mmol/L
1 hour after eating (small meal): 5.8
2 hours after eating (same meal as above): 6.5
Any help would be appreciated. Would you recommend I go back to my doctor and tell her about the 6.5 result or would the size of a meal not create that much a difference? If I was spiking to diabetic levels regularly would this be visible in my Hba1c results?
Thank you